NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, December 26 (game #929)

Date:
Thu, 25 Dec 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Description:
Looking for NYT Connections answers and hints? Here's all you need to know to solve today's game, plus my commentary on the puzzles.

FULL STORY ======================================================================Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each
day for your time zone which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Thursday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Thursday, December 25 (game #928) .

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers. NYT Connections today (game #929) - today's words (Image credit: New York Times)

Today's NYT Connections words are MOVIE EXEC PANTHER FRIDAY AMERICA WIDOW BUDDY JOURNEY SURFER CRINGE FOREST TECH BRO CHICAGO STONER FOREIGNER
SCREWBALL VALLEY GIRL NYT Connections today (game #929) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: LA area
clichs GREEN: Niche laughs BLUE: Classic AOR combos PURPLE: Precede with a color thats not white

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles NYT
Connections today (game #929) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups? YELLOW: CALIFORNIA-BASED CHARACTER TROPES GREEN: COMEDY SUBGENRES BLUE: '7OS ROCK BANDS PURPLE: BLACK ____

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM. NYT Connections today (game #929) - the answers (Image credit: New York Times)

The answers to today's Connections, game #929, are YELLOW: CALIFORNIA-BASED CHARACTER TROPES MOVIE EXEC, SURFER, TECH BRO, VALLEY GIRL GREEN: COMEDY SUBGENRES BUDDY, CRINGE, SCREWBALL, STONER BLUE: '7OS ROCK BANDS AMERICA, CHICAGO, FOREIGNER, JOURNEY PURPLE: BLACK ____ FOREST, FRIDAY, PANTHER, WIDOW My rating: Easy My score: Perfect

The thrill of getting purple first doesnt fade, but todays quartet felt a little easier than normal and felt more like the easiest group than the toughest. Not that Im complaining.

Both CALIFORNIA-BASED CHARACTER TROPES and COMEDY SUBGENRES were groups that
I got because they sounded like similar things rather than knowing the real reasons for grouping them together. The Big Lebowski contains elements of all the tropes and all the subgenres.

As a former music journalist I really should have solved the blue group
first. However, as a former indie punk kid/music snob I also have a blindness to anything that could be described as AOR or soft rock. Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Thursday, December 25, game #928) YELLOW: ORNATE, AS PROSE EXCESSIVE, FLOWERY, MELODRAMATIC, PURPLE GREEN: CREATE COIN, FASHION, HATCH, MAKE UP BLUE: THINGS WITH STEMS CHERRY, FLOWER, MUSICAL NOTE, WINE GLASS PURPLE: COMPRISED OF SOLFEGE (DO-RE-MI) LAREDO, MIRE, RETIRE, SOLTI
What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green
is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as
you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there
are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile. YELLOW: ORNATE, AS PROSE EXCESSIVE, FLOWERY, MELODRAMATIC, PURPLE GREEN: CREATE COIN, FASHION, HATCH, MAKE UP BLUE: THINGS WITH STEMS CHERRY, FLOWER, MUSICAL NOTE, WINE GLASS PURPLE: COMPRISED OF SOLFEGE (DO-RE-MI) LAREDO, MIRE, RETIRE, SOLTI



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